LOFT

Sales ladies aren’t overly obnoxious and provide just the right amount of service without bordering on harassment. They also trust customers enough to go into dressing rooms without making you count your items or wait for an associate to unlock a door for you (SO ANNOYING). Cute clothes for the work environment, with some pieces able to carry over into your personal weekend/​off the clock style. It is important to note that they vanity size like crazy, so be prepared to size down. I was swimming in a size 2 and I am a solid size 2 sometimes 4 and here I’m a 00 and 0, which is way cray cray. This certainly didn’t boost my self esteem as it made me feel anorexic but for the masses and the «average» size woman I’m sure they’re all thrilled to get into that size 8 when they’re really a 10 or 12. They also carry petites which if you can’t find the size you want in the regular sizes, you can check to see if the petites section has it. Luckily, I’m at the 5’4″ threshold so I can occasionally get away with petites but I know height endowed ladies cannot. They’re always having a sale — whether it be online or in store. This is one of the places where you should never have to pay the full sticker price, otherwise you’re not using your sensible recession skills.